Description: Beginning engineering students, practicing engineers, and teachers will delight in this republication of a long-out-of-print classic (we are also publishing its companion volume, Dynamics) widely agreed to be more complete, carefully written, and valuable to the student than any other introductory mechanics text now available. The book generally follows a standard syllabus in professional engineering training, except that the authors discuss the principles of statics fully before considering its applications. One of the great strengths of this volume is its emphasis on using vectors and its careful explanation of vector analysis. Topics include the analysis of statically determinate states of equilibrium, equilibrium under distributed forces, and frictional effects in statics, while an appendix discusses centers of mass. Students will also find a fascinating variety of carefully worked examples and numerous exercises at the end of each chapter.

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